Jon Wong-Lam
Sorry there hasn't been any posts lately, it's been pretty busy the last few days. The day after the last post the team got to have a Fun Day and visit the Ghibili Museum. For those of you (like me) who don't know who Ghibili (pronounced Jubilee) is, he is a famous Japanese cartoon director who made many famous movies like Spirited Away and Totoro. The museum was really cool, even for people who had no clue what Ghibili was. There were sketches that were part of the original movie development, as well as exhibits that showed how cartoons were animated back then. We got to hang out with some people from the Kogenai church as well.
After the touring the museum and eating some ice-cream we went to a big shopping mall. Like really big. There were multiple levels with dozens of shops per building, and there were a LOT of buildings. After being bedazzled by all the expensive clothes and cheap trinkets the boys got to hang out at an arcade which was actually the highlight of that day for me and probably a couple others. There was this cool game machine where you held up two (virtual) guns that allowed you to both aim by pointing the gun and move your player at the same time. But the best part was that it allowed up to 4 people to play on different machines, so me, Richie, and Yuuki had a blast teaming up and destroying the bad guys.
We ended the day by eating with the people from Kogenai at this authentic, apparently Tokyo specific, traditional restaurant. I was a bit skeptical at first because I thought we were going to a good ramen place or something, but apparently the dishes had nothing to do with ramen. You go into a tatami styled room (pretty cramped actually) and have a giant griddle on the table. The order comes in a batter with the ingredients in it, and you cook it on the griddle. So for instance you can have some vegetables in the batter and it turns into this type of cheesy crepe concoction. It was a lot better than I can describe it here I assure you, hopefully the pictures help.
Afterwards we got back to church, said goodbye to the Kogenai people who joined us, and got ready for the Kesenuma trip the following day. Wake up and be ready to go by 6am! Oh joy.
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